Awesome addition Steve! It will be easy to find an appropriate way to celebrate your new coin. [ATTACH]
Excellent research TIF! Those denarii you have posted are good examples of this variant (the first coin you linked is a double die match with...
When specialising, one can get stuck in the weeds with certain coins. My new acquisition is an interesting example of just that. [ATTACH] Divus...
I always enjoy your write-ups. Congrats on a neat coin too.
Over a decade ago one of my first Titus denarius types was this elephant reverse. Today, it is still one of my favourites and yours is a great...
Nice example Sallent! The portrait is a definite keeper. The guy who runs RA I've always found to be a decent and honest dealer. He is also more...
Interesting prows! These show up a few times on Flavian denarii too. [ATTACH] Vespasian AR Denarius, 3.17g Rome mint, 69-70 AD RIC 19 (C), BMC...
Wow! Stunning coin Mikey. Congrats!
If I was going to frame a Twelve Caesars set, that is how I would do it. Simple, yet elegant.
This goes right along with the stack of vintage 1966/67 Life and Saturday Evening Posts magazines I've been reading over the last couple of days....
The style, the fabric ... just everything is wrong with it.
I wonder if Vespasian ever had 'cake' by the ocean? [MEDIA] [ATTACH] Vespasian AR Denarius, 3.30g Antioch Mint, 72-73 AD RIC 1555 (C), BMC...
I have had John Kelly's book The Great Mortality on my must read list for some time, your terrific post has moved it to the front of the line....
Excellent example of the type Mikey! This 'colonist' type was struck for both Vespasian and Titus Caesar in the midst of a series of agricultural...
I used to think it was possible to acquire a complete set of Domitian's Minerva or 'pulvinaria' series. After I discovered a completely new...
Actually, if I collected LRBs, campgates would be just the kind of thing I'd be knee deep in the weeds and obsessing over. o_O Us specialist...
Congrats on your new rarity!! The same thing has happened to me many times before ... just when you think you have gotten a rare coin rather...
I think of Domitian's Minerva series as a Flavian version of 'campgates', so there are probably more than a few who would find them 'dull'.
Good luck! I look forward to you posting them here.
Domitian's denarius output can seem very monolithic at times. The same four Minerva types show up year after year with only occasional relief with...
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